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After being on what they call a "triple red alert", the police forces still managed to see five bombs go off in the Metro. On 01.01.01 radio announcements that Marines were to be deployed in Manila are only adding to speculation that the Estrada government would be increasingly turning to the military to keep the impeached president in power.

Coincidentally, the BUSH administration made known its PRO-ERAP stand. Read incoming State Department official.

Some sympathy or just too cool to be hip..In the face of Filipinos dead and injured after a bombing spree in five locations around the Metro, the President decided to attend two weddings hours after the incidents threw the Metro into paranoid mode. This lavish display of affection and show of concern by attending lavish weddings when the country is facing a recession, rising unemployment and political chaos in the next year is reminiscent of the clueless and insensitive Marcos parties, which were thrown at the height of social and economic unrest.
The families of the two policemen who were killed by the bombs must be really touched by the thought that their Commander-in-Chief cares for their welfare so much he makes an effort to show that he is enjoying himself at banquets and drinking feasts but has them in mind for sure.

A stark comparison to the Chief Justice Davide, who was also invited to one of the weddings. He opted to send a proxy instead. 31 Dec 2000

EXPLOSIONS ROCK MANILA

NOTE TO ENTENG ROMANO: change your service. Your SMART phone not getting my text messages. PLDT may be sabotaging.

Humble observations on Rizal day massacre.

In a nationally televised speech today, the President ordered his Police to go after "the usual suspects". Hint: New People's Army and the Muslim rebels. [Later in the day- NAKUPO, Tiyak nga. As per press report sila daw sabi ni Babs.]

The President also ordered more intelligence from the Army. We hope he gets it. He needs it more than anyone.

In Makati, a Muslim man was held for questioning and grilled after he claimed ownership to a bag of mangoes set aside by the bomb disposal unit and defused. It is yet unsure whether the Mangoes were ripe or not. That must have been some mighty powerful kalburo he used.

Truth to tell, the Erap police had succeeded in taking away gun permits from citizens. Only people close to the President, including some movie actors, and members of Congress were given permits. Then a series of seemingly "acoustic" bomb explosions in malls, the government put in place security measures designed to get people used to being frisked, and fielded Marines to monitor the people.

The New People's Army are not known to toss bombs in places where many Filipinos can get killed. But they are frequently blames as useful scapegoats for fascist regimes.

Then Abu Sayyaf, the other threat. But they have been linked in newspaper and Asiaweek reports to a powerful man in the Estrada cabinet as having shared the ransom money.

Read New York Times Story:
Bomb Blasts Kill at Least 13 in Manila

Dec 29, 2000Senators Reject Move to Ban Cellphone Use during Hearings.

Read the Top 10 things Jose Velarde is thinking about this holiday season:

Read about the trial of erapus, see lotsa pics of "Fat Man Impeached".& co.

Good News!! - The Philippines may soon cease to become the Sickman of Asia!! Bad news- it assumes role of Deadman of Asia as this is more in character. Ah yes- character, that which one finds more often these days in mahjong tiles than in the hearts, minds and souls of Filipinos.

Jaime Dichaves, Jose Velarde, Jose Valhalla, Mike Velarde, or Jose Estrada? In aid of legislation, maybe a check into his Immigration status may tell us his real name and origin. More

Stormeng Domeng Siazon's classmates excited over his future posting.

PLDT Telco conducting loyalty checks and surveillance on their employees to ensure adaptation of Bahasa as their new corporate mode of communication going as planned. However, upper management has held back plans of burning Catholic churches as has been done by their Indonesian counterparts until further notice.

Dec 23, 2000
Boracay to Basuracay, impeachment circus, why Folio mag makes the best Christmas present, and more.

Dec 22, 2000 If you think garbage stinks, read this.

Proceso Jarobilla of Jaro, Iloilo City begun his crusade against the PLDT in 1993 and finally got his triumph this year when the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) declared PLDT "as having violated the provision of Sec. 19(b) of the Public Services Act (Act No. 146 as amended)." STORY

"Mr. Estrada is politically dead. Even if he survives the impeachment trial in the Senate, he will never be able to stabilize the economy and put out the political conflagration. Estrada is facing the wrath of the entire Philippine society"read FOCUS on the PHILIPPINES

Sheila and the Republic of Jeuteng.

Bishops bite Erap carrot.

PEOPLE MARCH for Proper grammar and diction!!

The American Erap, unplugged. "If we don't succeed, we run the risk of failure." ....George W. Bush, Jr.

Erap Secret Agent

Comedy Central Asia- Senate Hearings atbp

Access the Hearing Transcripts from our Massive Link Site

Jericho march day musings..

Estelito Mendoza/Gilbert Gottfried. One and the same?